What is English to a Singaporean?

• d3rF

  6 Mar 07, 18:31

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  Any language is confusing if you try too hard to speak it,dont worry if its not perfect just let the words out of your mouth somehow the other person would get the idea.Singlish is convenient because there are no fix rules as to how you want to use this language.If you should forget how to use a Singlsih word you could always go back to English.

  Nicely put..
  
  Somehow I've got this funny feeling that you think I'm not Singaporean..
• LazerLordz

  6 Mar 07, 18:43

  Originally posted by d3rF:

  Me thinks that the more languages one learn, the more confused one may be. Take Snglish for example, it's a rojak of various languages with different vocab and grammar all mixed into one.
  
  I guess that's what make Singaporeans so unique.
  
  NS is probably the best place & time to pick up a few "exotic" vocab.

  Singlish and Creole are two great examples of pidgin post-colonial languages.
• Short Ninja

  6 Mar 07, 19:01

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  Singlish and Creole are two great examples of pidgin post-colonial languages.

  Tiok-Lah!
• Short Ninja

  6 Mar 07, 19:12

  Originally posted by d3rF:

  Nicely put..
  
  Somehow I've got this funny feeling that you think I'm not Singaporean..

  In modern Singapore its hard to tell who is Singaporean and who is not.One time I met a family at Narita Airport and we got into a conversation in Pure Singlish as we were boarding I noticed that the father was holding a US passport,mother had a Canadian Passport on her and daughter a Singapore Passport so i said to him wah your family so international one ar!! then when he saw my passport his eyes went he said how come you also dont have SIngapore Passport and by the way ,I wasnt holding a Bangladeshi Passport Sorry if my typing is funny,its just that some of the keys in my keyboard are really missing.